- Utah Highway Patrol will lead Bangerter Highway enforcement starting July 1.
- UHP emphasized collaboration with local agencies for public safety on Bangerter in a press conference Wednesday.
- Local leaders said they welcome UHP’s role, allowing their officers to focus on other city areas.
TAYLORSVILLE — The Utah Highway Patrol will become the primary law enforcement agency overseeing the Bangerter Highway stating July 1.
UHP Col. Michael Rapich says it’s a move that has been more than two years in the making.
“We sat down with all the valley chiefs collaboratively and came up with the overall strategy. We also met individually with every single municipal police department and talked about this specifically,” he said, noting that enforcement along the Bangerter will still be a collaborative effort between the state and local jurisdictions…